Introducing Littlewoods!

Mr. Frugalwoods, Babywoods, and I are thrilled to introduce you to the newest member of our family: Littlewoods! Our second daughter was born on February 17th and tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 2 ounces and 20.5 inches long. I always thought it was hilarious that parents shared the weight and length of their children, but, we’re so proud of them and there’s not really anything else to report about them at this stage other than… hey! it’s a baby! I feel like I know many of you personally through the comments and emails you send me and I’m always so grateful to be privy to your financial lives. Hence, I wanted to share this joyful news with you as soon as I could!

Introducing Littlewoods!

I’m sure I’ll regale you with a more detailed rendition of her birth at some point, as I did with our first daughter, but for now, I just wanted you all to know that she has safely arrived. I will tell you that her birth was much less harrowing than her sister’s. It was, all in all, a very straightforward and simple entrance to the world, for which we are tremendously grateful!

Mom, dad, baby, and big sister are all doing great and we’re being well looking after by my wonderful mother-in-law, who is here to help us for the month! Thank you, grandma!

Please have patience with me this month as I will likely be (even slower… ) to respond to messages, emails, and comments, although I will still be around (I can’t stay away!). Frugalwoods posts will continue since I actually got myself organized enough to write them in advance (something I have honestly never done before in my life).

Additionally, as you likely know, my third child–my book–will be born/published on March 6th and you can pre-order a copy now. I will mail you a signed bookplate if you do so (details here)! Thank you!

Thank you for reading along with our family’s story of joyful frugality and simple living and please keep us in your thoughts as we acclimate to life as a family of four!

CONGRATULATIONS! ALL THE BEST FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS. I HAVE BEEN READING ALL YOUR ARTICLES FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND FIND THEM WONDERFUL AND VERY HELPFUL. YOU ARE AN INSPIRING WRITER. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN IN THE LATE 40’S TO 57. THEY ARE A BLESSING, SOMETIMES A CHORE BUT THE BEST THING I HAVE EVERY CREATED. I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY YOURS TOO.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

Congratulations on the safe arrival of your new addition. A new blessing for your family. its hard with all you do but enjoy this time with your new family and try and rest up a bit. Take care
Lindsay (Wales UK)

Congratulations! The fact that you are birthing a baby and a book in the same three week span is a pretty incredible accomplishment. So glad to see you making a life that is successful and distinctly you.

Congratulations. It’s understandable that things will be slower for you for a while. Don’t worry – we can wait while you recuperate and acclimate to your new bundle of joy and family size. Well wishes for all of you.

Wonderful news!!!! Thank you for letting us know; even though I don’t tend to comment, I’ve been holding you and your family in my thoughts with best wishes, and I’m so very glad to hear this news. Congratulations to all four of your family!!!

Many congratulations to you all, that’s lovely news. A warm welcome to Littlewoods, hope Babywoods loves being a big sister, and hope both Frugalwoods survive the sleep-deprived stage! Most impressed at the organisation involved in writing posts in advance, will look forward to them.

Congratulations on the newest Frugalbaby! I’m new to the FW world, but have religiously been reading your stories for a couple weeks to get caught up, and prepare for this new addition to the story!! It has been a pleasure, and I can’t wait to see what lies ahead.

My first post but I have read your blog for quite a while and I feel like I know you! So excited for your family and looking forward to hearing all about Littlewoods and your family adventures. Glad you are all doing well!

Yay!! She’s so precious! Congrats two you, I promise you won’t know what you ever did without her. It’s always a little scary with a new addition, but she will just… fit. We have 3 boys 13yrs, 8 yrs, and 11 months. All are blessings! Enjoy your babies, I cannot WAIT for my book copy! Much love to you all. 💗

Congratulations! Glad the delivery went well. She is lucky to be born into your family and a blessing to you as well. Many of us who follow you are mothers and understand if you have some down time or respond slower than usual. This is a special time for your family.

Seeing that little face just makes me wonder what she will see in her lifetime and who she will become. She is lucky to have you to guide her and I’m sure it will be an adventure for all.

Welcome! Welcome to Littlewoods! She’s arrived in a good family IMHO. Very pleased for her – and for you, that she had such a smooth arrival.
Very strange that name : I was born and raised in the UK, and Littlewoods was a mail-order catalogue in those days! Live in France now, so no connection with that any more.
May the Force be with You All!

This is wonderful news! Congratulations to you, Mr. Frugalwoods, Babywoods, and the rest of your family. She is beautiful! I have two girls myself (plus a third through marriage) – lucky lucky lucky. Godspeed!

Congratulations to the whole family. So happy all is good at your place and the birth went well. Rest up and enjoy the beautiful bundle of joy! We aren’t going anywhere while you do that. Take some time!

Hurray she’s here! I’m so thrilled for you Frugalwoods family. I was awaiting this news. It will be so nice to see her interacting with her big sister. Thanks for posting the picture of Babyhoods-She can hold on to the title for a good number of years. Enjoy …so happy for you!

I am so very happy for you and your family!! My sister and I are about the same distance in age as your daughters are and our childhood was so enriched by that relationship. We lived in the country also and our play was creative…gardens…fruit trees…pony…beagle puppies…tree house. We have remained best friends as well as close sisters through the years. I pray that for your girls as well!

Congratulations! I’m sure you’ll find, as many of us have, that adjusting to the second child is easier than the first. Be kind to yourself and remember to take time for what’s important – and have fun 😉

So happy to see this in my blog feed this morning! I’ve been eagerly awaiting to hear news for days now, as I’m sure the rest of your readers have! So glad everything went smoothly and that all are doing well. She is so adorable, and I love all the little fuzz! Make sure you get the rest you need (we’ll understand), and I’ll be excited to see how you adjust to life with two little ones (as I will be joining that boat in a few months myself!).

I am so very happy for you and your family! My sister and I are about the same distance in ages as your girls and growing up together was a blessing. I pray that same close friendship and sisterhood for your daughters!

I am so happy for you and your family! My sister and I are the same distance in age as your daughters are and we were the best of playmates and remain the best of friends. I pray the same blessings for your girls!

So pleased. Having experienced a traumatic first birth I know you must have had a few fears. Thank you so much for your wonderful posts. I find them enormously helpful and enjoyable. enjoy your family . Jayne h

Hooray! I found your blog via MMM way back when. Joe and Ali just had their second baby girl spy a few days before you did. It will be interesting to compare and contrast your frugal lives. You nestled into the woods, and the spy family galivanting the globe. Kudos to the many paths to financial freedom, even with babies!

Fantastic news! Congratulations to the whole Frugalwoods family! What a beautiful baby she is. Mrs. FW, please take all the time you need to be in the new baby bubble. We will be happy to wait for new posts. And I will happily reread your previous posts as I get more out of them each time I read them.

Congratulations on your gorgeous little girl! What a blessing. I’m so glad you’ve got your mother-in-law there to help out with Babywoods. I just had a little girl on February 9th, and I don’t know what I would have done if my mum hadn’t been around to help out with my 3-year-old.
Enjoy all the snuggles, and hope you can get some sleep.

Well, now I can sleep at night! I live in Texas but found myself checking your weather forecast, praying that you could get to the hospital when you needed to go…………such a silly girl I am. Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Don’t give us a thought. Recover, sleep. Enjoy your “little ladies” as someone used to call our two daughters long ago. Rest as much as you can while grandma is in town. (You rock, grandma!) Just………be……….
So happy for your little family!!!!

Awwww, she is so beautiful…… how is babyhoods doing with her ? Does she seem a bit jealous ? Kids usually are for a few days and they get over it and realize they now have a live in play mate 🙂 Looking forward to seeing more pics….

So happy to hear your joyful news . Have been thinking the last couple of days it should be happening. hopefully that doesn’t sound strange since I really don’t know you, but feel I do since I have been following your blog for 3 years. I am sorry that I did not send condolences for Frugalhound but I was crying to hard.

Congratulations to you all, wonderful new. As a granny, my daughter is having her first and is so keen to do everything naturally and frugally, how you do that.? What nappies you use in todays modern world and what gadgets have you found useful and what do you really not need.? Would love to hear your thoughts on some of these things. Thanks and enjoy the babe, they grow so quickly as you know 🙂 PS we in South Africa

I had my babies in SA too, and the first thing is to NOT buy everything you think you will need, and to go second-hand for as much as possible. Other than a new cot mattress and ideally new car seat, gumtree is you friend, it really is! Borrow what you think you’ll need, there’s very little, other than nappies that absolutely must be purchased brand new right now. It’s tempting of course, but a lot of the early things are so quickly outgrown or simply never used.

I always used disposable nappies, so if she plans to use those, she could stock up on various sizes as and when they’re on sale, and hypoallergenic wipes / bum cream.

Congratulations to you, Mr. FW, and Babywoods on Littlewoods’ arrival! Best wishes to you and your family during this exciting time, settling in to being a family of 4. Selfishly, I am looking forward to your return to the blog, but hope you take all the time you need! 🙂

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